Alexander Elementary

Alexander Elementary operates as a moderately sized elementary campus in Iowa City, Iowa, one of the schools within Iowa City Comm School District. Current enrollment sits at 436 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 34% above the typical public school in Iowa, which averages around 325 students.

Across the 29 schools in Iowa City Comm School District (15,111 students total), Alexander Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Alexander Elementary logs that the largest single group is Black at 39%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 32% Hispanic, 22% White, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 8% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school employs 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting Alexander Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 76% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Johnson County's rate of about 37%.

With demographic context factored in, Alexander Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 54.0%, the actual is 52.2%, a residual of -1.8 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Johnson County indicate median household earnings sit near $74,935, about 55% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Johnson County's 43 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,019 students), Alexander Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Grant Wood Elementary School, roughly 0.9 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Alexander Elementary at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 61.3%.

Alexander Elementary operates from a countryside location.

Five-year trend. Alexander Elementary's enrollment has fell 4% since 2018, when it stood at 452 (now 436). Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 17% to 32%.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Alexander Elementary typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.